Heqiao dried tofu

Heqiao dried bean curd is a specialty of Heqiao Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. Heqiao dried bean curd has a long history, which is characterized by dry and salty but not astringent, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not tired, chewed carefully, delicious, sweet and salty, and its taste is endless. Heqiao dried bean curd is one of Yixing's long-standing specialty products, which has a history of more than 130 years. Because it is particularly delicious and well-known, even the emperors of the Qing Dynasty appreciated it as a good food and made it a tribute. In 1950, more than 100,000 Jin of Yixing special Heqiao dried bean curd was specially transported to North Korea to express condolences to Chinese people's Volunteer Army, expressing the deep affection of the people in his hometown. Heqiao dried bean curd was listed in Wuxi municipal intangible cultural heritage list in 2011. Heqiao dried bean curd has high requirements. From selecting raw materials to refining the finished product, it has to go through 12 processes, such as soaking beans, filtering with clear water, grinding and crushing, steam boiling, skimming flowers, pressing and pressing water, putting them on the plate and slicing them, boiling and boiling, and then stewing them in special soup made of fennel, cinnamon, monosodium glutamate, sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings. At the same time, because it is made by high pressure, it is not easy to break and has long storage period. Nowadays, the production and selection of Heqiao dried bean curd are more particular. There are 1 9 processes from soybean screening, impurity removal, soaking, grinding, boiling and filling, many of which are mechanically operated, and only two or three processes are manually operated. In terms of ingredients, in addition to the usual soy sauce, sugar and fennel, cloves, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, kelp and cinnamon are also used. In terms of varieties, there are new varieties, such as dried seafood bean curd, dried kai yang bean curd, dried fresh and spicy bean curd, dried tar bean curd and dried white bean curd, which are packaged in vacuum soft packaging with disinfection and antisepsis. Since 2006, Heqiao dried bean curd has been sold on the Internet, and pure Heqiao dried bean curd can be bought directly on the Internet.
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